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notably

[noh-tuh-buhl] Origin

no·ta·ble

[noh-tuh-buhl]
adjective
1.
worthy of note or notice; noteworthy: a notable success; a notable theory.
2.
prominent, important, or distinguished: many notable artists.
3.
Archaic. capable, thrifty, and industrious.
noun
4.
a prominent, distinguished, or important person.
5.
(usually initial capital letter) French History.
a.
one of a number of prominent men, usually of the aristocracy, called by the king on extraordinary occasions.
b.
Notables, Also called Assembly of the Notables. an assembly of high-ranking nobles, ecclesiastics, and state functionaries having deliberative but not legislative or administrative powers, convoked by the king principally in 1554, 1786, and 1788, in the lattermost year to establish the manner for selecting the States-General.
6.
Obsolete. a notable fact or thing.

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Notably is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.

Origin:
1300–50; Middle English notab(i)le < Latin notābilis. See note, -able

no·ta·ble·ness, noun
no·ta·bly, adverb
non·not·a·ble, adjective
non·not·a·ble·ness, noun
non·not·a·b·ly, adverb
EXPAND
su·per·no·ta·ble, adjective
su·per·no·ta·ble·ness, noun
su·per·no·ta·b·ly, adverb
un·not·a·ble, adjective
COLLAPSE

notable, noteworthy, noticeable.


1, 2. conspicuous, memorable, great, remarkable, noticeable, noted, outstanding, unusual, uncommon, eminent. 2. celebrated, famous.


1. ordinary. 2. unknown.

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notably (ˈnəʊtəblɪ)
 
adv
particularly or especially; in a way worthy of being noted

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notable
mid-14c., from O.Fr. notable (13c.), from L. notabilis "noteworthy, extraordinary," from notare "to note," from nota (see note). The noun meaning "a person of distinction" is first recorded 1815.
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